can i use cooking oil to break in baseball glove?

Question

I have broken in a lot of gloves, but only with glove oil, is it ok to use cooking oil for it....thanks in advance....take care....GO WARRIORS

where do you pick up neatsfoot oil? Is that the stuff from the Tack stores for horses and cattle?

Answer 1

Do not use oil to break in the glove now...it is too close to the season. No matter how much you work to get the excess oil out, it will ruin the baseballs that you catch. This close to the season, simply play catch with the glove. When the glove is not in use, place a baseball into the glove where you want the pocket to form. Wrap a belt, string, or bungy cord tightly around the glove, holding the ball in place.

After the season, use Neet's Foot Oil as a leather preservative. Apply the oil with your bare hands as the friction from your skin will help get the oil into the pores of the leather. The oil is best used as a preservative/protectant during the drier air of winter time. I have taken care of my gloves this way and they are both over 30 years old.

Answer 2

Yes. Many young kid from poor countries, who don't have the means to buy baseball oil, they used cooking oil.

Answer 3

You could, though using glove oil would be better. I always used mineral oil, so that's another option.

Answer 4

You can use anything you want...but I rec. Neatsfoot Oil...